“The principal denied me entrance into the school because I couldn't walk, and he said I could be a fire hazard.” - Author and activist Judith Heumann on growing up disabled | The Daily Show

This is an archived episode I did with the incredible Judith Herman! Judith is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and is a distinguished life fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. The conventional retributive process fails to serve most survivors; it was never designed for them. Renowned trauma expert Judith L. Herman argues that the first step toward a

This is an archived episode I did with the incredible Judith Herman! Judith is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and is a distinguished life fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. The conventional retributive process fails to serve most survivors; it was never designed for them. Renowned trauma expert Judith L. Herman argues that the first step toward a

You are not a magnet for abuse. You were manipulated. Trauma survivors are often told they “attract” unhealthy people—but this framing is not only false, it’s harmful. Survivors are not inherently drawn to abuse—they are often targeted by individuals who sense their empathy, loyalty, or boundary injuries and exploit them. Abusers often use coercive control, grooming behaviors, and trauma-bonding cycles to erode a person’s sense of agency and reality (Herman, Trauma and Recovery, 1992). Survivors

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